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Serious M6 crash in Lancaster on 8 November 1994 at 05:47 involving an ERF lorry

An ERF lorry, an Iveco-Ford lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the M6 in Lancaster at 05:47 on Tuesday 8 November 1994. The 51-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1994
Tuesday, 05:47
Vehicles
3
ERF and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.04845, longitude -2.76713, in the LA1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Lancaster

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199404B132694
Council area
Lancaster
Police force
Lancashire
Highway authority
Lancashire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    14,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199404B132694 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lancaster road accident statistics for 1994.